The Ear as an Instrument
Maryanne Amacher made music in which some of the sounds are produced inside the listener's ears. The phenomenon is called an otoacoustic emission. When the ear receives…
Read the entry ↗Eliad Wagner
I came across Eliad Wagner's solo set at the Goethe-Institut Boston, recorded on January 16, 2026 and presented by Non-Event, and fell into the research hole. Wagner is an…
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Ben Vida is a New York composer and sound artist who came up through Chicago's experimental scene with the group Town & Country. Around 2010 he moved from acoustic…
Read the entry ↗Reading Making Music with a Modular Synth
Dennis DeSantis's Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers isn't about modular synths, but several chapters fit the way I patch. I'd start with…
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Onkyō (音響) is a Japanese experimental music movement that emerged in Tokyo in the late 1990s. It centers on extreme restraint — near-silence, micro-sounds, extended pauses,…
Read the entry ↗Maria Teriaeva
Discovered her through Patch & Tweak. "I just left myself play with what I want and trust my taste." Three pieces, three completely different approaches — but the same…
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